Gesture #1: Syndactyly During The Renaissance
Gesture #2: The Hidden Hand In 18th Century Portraiture
Historyextra.com says the Hidden Hand in 18th-century portraiture symbolized the ‘statesman-like nobility and restraint’ of the aristocratic element. This guy thinks it was just the fashion of the day.
The freemasonic interpretation is more literal:
That the Hidden Hand was a gesture utilized by anyone demonstrating fealty to The Hidden Hand behind history.
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